Bachman and Gryffindor Lead After Cross Country at Rolex

Nearly 47,000 people turned out for a spectacular day of cross country yesterday (April 28) at the 2007 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Farnam. A variation of last year’s course greeted horses and riders, and at the end of a

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Nearly 47,000 people turned out for a spectacular day of cross country yesterday (April 28) at the 2007 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Farnam. A variation of last year’s course greeted horses and riders, and at the end of a tumultuous day, Kristin Bachman, riding in only her second four-star on her own Gryffindor, found herself on top of a very classy heap of horses and riders with a score of 48.2.


But, the first “horse” out on course was actually Theodore O’Connor, who stands 14.1 hands. With one of the most experienced pilots in the game on his back, Karen O’Connor, he clocked around the course picking up just a handful of time penalties to end cross country on a score of 60.1. They ended the day in 15th place.


“I’m speechless,” said O’Connor. “Our goal with this pony has always been to never overface him and never show him what he can’t do. I was very nervous coming into the cross country today. But, as each exercise came, he just proved to me that he is just one-in-a-million horse. I’m in awe of him.”


Bachman, a Washington state native now based in The Plains, Va., picked up a run-out last year here, but made no mistake Saturday clocking around a track that many of the world’s most experienced riders fell victim to

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